
The Jerusalem Post reported: The Counter-Terrorism Bureau posted travel warnings to several African states on Thursday, following an increase in the scope of terrorist attacks on the continent. The bureau, a part of the Prime Minister’s Office, said that after a
by Breitbart Jerusalem8 Jan 2016, 4:25 AM PST0

Iranians took to social media to mock Djibouti after the small country located in the Horn of Africa cut ties with Tehran.
by Mary Chastain7 Jan 2016, 2:43 PM PST0

The BBC’s Jimeh Saleh returned to Maiduguri, Nigeria, where he was born, and traveled into Boko Haram territory with the Nigerian Army.
by Mary Chastain6 Jan 2016, 12:03 PM PST0

New sexual abuse allegations have surfaced against UN peacekeepers in Central Africa Republic (CAR) as officials investigate previous claims.
by Mary Chastain6 Jan 2016, 11:53 AM PST0

Kenya’s Garissa University officially re-opened on Monday, nine months after al-Shabaab terrorists stormed the campus, killing 148 people and deliberately targeting Christian students.
by Frances Martel5 Jan 2016, 7:30 PM PST0

The Nigerian government is claiming that it has kept its promise to eradicate Boko Haram by the end of December, though the group has staged suicide bombings this week that have killed dozens.
by Frances Martel30 Dec 2015, 2:27 PM PST0

Numerous Boko Haram attacks in Maiduguri, many featuring female suicide bombers, killed close to 80 people in the last few days.
by Mary Chastain28 Dec 2015, 12:13 PM PST0

Despite investing billions into turning Africa into a friendly business environment for them, a recent poll found that Kenyans perceive China as “the biggest threat to the country’s economic and political development.”
by Frances Martel28 Dec 2015, 9:54 AM PST0

Christianity is experiencing an unprecedented boom on the African continent and now accounts for more than half of Africa’s total population, while Christian affiliation and practice continue to ebb in Europe, signaling a major demographic shift in global Christianity. An
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.26 Dec 2015, 3:53 AM PST0

#Rhodesmustrise Who will join my campaign #Rhodesmustrise? The idea is to build in the middle of Africa a gigantic golden statue of the mighty British imperial hero Cecil Rhodes – a really big one, about four miles high, so that Kilimanjaro doesn’t
by James Delingpole23 Dec 2015, 5:27 AM PST0

The Tunisian government shut down a jihadist cell that recruited females to marry terrorists in Syria.
by Mary Chastain22 Dec 2015, 9:38 PM PST0

On Monday, a terrorist attack on a bus in Kenya failed when Muslim passengers threw themselves over Christians to shield them from the Islamists’ wrath.
by Mary Chastain22 Dec 2015, 9:08 AM PST0

According to an article in the New York Times Monday, President Obama’s full-court press for homosexual rights in Africa has backfired, resulting in increased hostility toward gays rather than greater acceptance.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.21 Dec 2015, 9:53 AM PST0

The largest piece of terra nullius in the world is one step closer to having an internationally-recognized government again. The two governments of Libya have signed a UN-brokered agreement to begin building a state in Tripoli, though members of both factions have loudly protested any such deal.
by Frances Martel18 Dec 2015, 8:57 AM PST0

Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has declared his Muslim-majority country an Islamic republic, saying the move marks a break with the colonial past
by Breitbart News13 Dec 2015, 7:44 AM PST0

The United Nations Security Council released a report on Tuesday warning that the Islamic State (IS) terror group continues to make unimpeded gains in Libya, locking down territory in the nation plagued by civil war and sectarian strife.
by Jordan Schachtel2 Dec 2015, 9:51 AM PST0

The government of Rwanda has reinstated mandatory Ebola screening and self-reporting procedures at its airports, as Liberia imposes regular temperature checks at school to monitor any new potential cases following the death of 15-year-old Nathan Gbotoe of the disease in late November.
by Frances Martel2 Dec 2015, 7:00 AM PST0

The Islamic State (IS) terror group has been able to hold territory in both Iraq and Syria for some time, turning from a mere terrorist organization into a full-blown insurgency.
by Jordan Schachtel30 Nov 2015, 7:54 PM PST0

In what is appearing to have been an especially active Sunday for the terrorists of Islamic State-affiliated Boko Haram, two separate groups of jihadis razed as many as 50 homes in Niger while a separate gang stormed a Borno state village, kidnapping dozens of teen girls. Most of the more than 200 girls abducted from Chibok, Borno in April 2012 remain captive.
by Frances Martel30 Nov 2015, 8:53 AM PST0

After last year’s infamous dustup when German Cardinal Walter Kasper dissed the African bishops present in the Vatican synod, the Germans have once again gone after the Church in Africa as poor, ignorant, and socially backward.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.28 Nov 2015, 11:53 AM PST0

On arriving in Uganda, the second visit of his three-nation tour through Africa, Pope Francis praised the generosity of the Ugandan people in welcoming refugees.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.28 Nov 2015, 10:45 AM PST0

Last week’s Islamist terror attack on a hotel in Mali counted three Chinese railway executives among its 19 dead. On Thursday, China’s Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, promised increased security cooperation with African nations in the wake of the attack.
by John Hayward26 Nov 2015, 9:30 AM PST0

Contents: Migrants blocked at Macedonian border sew their mouths shut; Ukraine suspends all commercial trade with occupied Crimea; Ukraine and Russia in tit-for-tat escalating sanctions; Steel and other commodity prices continue to plummet
by John J. Xenakis24 Nov 2015, 6:21 AM PST0

The terrorist attack on the Radisson Blu Hotel in Bamako, Mali (a former French colony) offers another grim reminder to those in the West of the wide and lethal reach of practitioners of radical Islamic extremism, notwithstanding recent claims to the contrary of U.S. President Barack Obama and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.
by Fred Gedrich21 Nov 2015, 7:46 PM PST0

New reports show that Africa’s middle class is closer to 18 million people than the previously estimated 300 million. To make matters worse, they are all located in a very small area of the continent.
by Mary Chastain20 Nov 2015, 12:13 PM PST0